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Dieter Appelt
The Spot on the Mirror made by exhaling1978

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Black and white photograph of a man seen from behind, leaning toward a mirror, his reflected face partially obscured by a white cloud of condensation on the glass

Dieter Appelt, The Spot on the Mirror made by exhaling, 1978, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Dieter Appelt
Germany, Niemegk/Brandenburg, born 1935
Title
The Spot on the Mirror made by exhaling
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1978
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11 1/2 × 15 5/16 in. (29.21 × 38.89 cm) Primary support: 12 × 15 3/4 in. (30.48 × 40.01 cm) Secondary support: 12 3/8 × 16 1/2 in. (31.43 × 41.91 cm) Mat: 20 × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.64 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.3
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Sobieszek, Robert and Deborah Irmas. the camera i: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1994.
Copyright
© Dieter Appelt